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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 1996
Filed:
May. 17, 1995
Vincent L Basile, II, West Des Moines, IA (US);
Brent M Veldkamp, Des Moines, IA (US);
Douglas N McCloskey, Altoona, IA (US);
David S Hamblin, Clive, IA (US);
Townsend Eingineering Company, Des Moines, IA (US);
Abstract
The machine for skinning meat has a frame, an input conveyor, a gripper roll, a skinning blade assembly comprising a shoe with a skinning blade thereon, a hold down roll to apply downward pressure on a meat product to be skinned, and an outlet conveyor. The skinning blade assembly is supported on a pair of control arms that can be selectively positioned by cam elements to place the blade assembly in a desired position with respect to the gripping roll. A pair of sensor controlled air cylinders are secured to the control arms to move the blade skinning assembly with respect to the gripping roll. A cam controls the attitude of the blade gripping assembly as it is moved with respect to the gripping roll. The hold down roll is mounted on a pair of arms which are also controlled by a pair of sensor controlled air cylinders. The arms of the held down roll are linked to the control arms so that the hold down roll and the blade skinning assembly can be moved together wherein the hold down roll will not ever engage or encounter the gripping roll or the skinning blade assembly.